Work-setting means



Feb. 2 1926. 1,571,651

B. D. STEVENS' WORK SETTING MEANS Filed April 22. 1922 ILT-,55 W imPatented Feb. 2, 1926.

UNITEDV sTArEs PATENT, OFFICE.

BRT D. STEVENS, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MIEI-ILE PRINTINGPRESS 6c y MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, .ILLINOIS, ACORIEOlitATIOlT` OF ILLI' NDIS.

WORK-SETTING MEANS.

Application filed. April 22, 1922. Serial No. 555,948.

To all 107i om t may concern Be it known that I, BurrV D. STEVENS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county ofCook and State of llllinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovement-s in lVork-Setting Means, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to printing presses 10 and more particularly towork setting meansl therefor.

lVhen the type or plate carried by the chase is set on the type bed, itis desirable to definitely set the side register means assof ciated witha transfer table and also properly locate and place the sheet materialon the feed table so that when the sheet material is fed, it will beside registered and leave the proper margin on the sheet material aftersuch sheet has received its impression. p

'llo this end one object of the invention is to provide cooperatingmeans whereby with the margin known the pile of stock may be 5 properlyplaced on the feed table.

another object is to provide simple, accurate and reliable means forlocating and placing sheet material on the feed table in a manner tomeet the requirements for successful commercial operation.

rlhese and other objects are accomplished by means of the arrangementdisclosed on the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is afragmentary top plan view ot' a vertical type of printing press embodying my invention; and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevation showing the type, chase andtype bed.

The various novel features of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and drawings, and will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

Referring to the figures of the drawings, it will be noted that myinvention is illustrated in connection with a vertical type of printingpress having a main frame 10, secured to which is a bracket 11 to whichis pivotally connected at 12 the feeder frame 13. This feeder framecarries a stock feed table 1l from which sheets of material are fedsheet by sheet to a transfer table 15 from which the sheets are removedby the grippers on the impression cylinder 16. The cylinder 16 and typebed 17 carrying the chase 18 and type or plate 19 are given a relauptothe edge of the sheet. For making the setting for registering from theleft side, a

lsheet will be placed on the transfer table 15 and moved down over thecylinder by hand and placed so that the left-hand edge of the sheet isin line with the left-hand edge of the type or plate 19 and the frontedge of the sheet engaging the type. ith the sheet in such position theguide member 24 with its support vis given its full right-hand movementand is then adjusted to exactly engage the left-handedge of the sheet orto the reading indicated on the transfer table when the eye followsrearwardly the left-hand edge of the sheet to the scale on the transfertable. In the instance shown, it will be noted that this reading of 8%on the scale is found near the left-hand side of the transfer table 15.It is now merely necessary to move the left-hand pile guide 20 to theright until the zero mark thereon is in alignment with the left-hand 8%mark on the scale on the pile table 14, whereupon the sheet materialmaybe placed upon the table 14 and moved forwardly and to the left untilits front and side edges engage the front and y side guide portions 21and 22 respectively, of the pile guide 20. The other pile guide member23 may then be adjusted with respect to the front right-hand corner ofthe pile. It will be noted that the scales on the transfer table 15 andpile table 14 are offsetwith respect to each other. This offset isdirectly related to the lateral right-hand movement of the side guidemember 24. It will be understood that the left-hand edge of the sheetmaterial on the pile table 14 will be to the left of the 8% marking andin engagement with 'the side pile guide member 22 and will be fedforwardly from such position on to the transfer table l5 where suchsheet will be acted upon by the side register member for moving thesheet to the right until the left-hand edge of said sheet is located atthe 8% mark on the transfer table 15. It is in such position when thesheet is fed to the cylinder preparatory to the latter having animpression movement with respect to the type. It is seen, therefore,that the position of the material on the stock pile table can beaccurately determined before such material is placed thereon merely bythe use of a `sheet ofv material `being placed on the transfer tableandy being lined up with the type.

It is my intention to cover all modifications of the invention fallingwithin the spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim:

vl. In printing press work setting means, the combination of a transfertable having a scale thereon, and a feed pile table having a scalethereon having a definite offset krelation with respect to said otherscale whereby a sheet of material lined up marginally with the typewhile extending over the scale on the transfer table indicates theposition` at which the sheet material should be positioned on the piletable.

2. In printing press work setting means, the combination of a transfertable having a scale thereon, side register means for side registering'a sheet of'materialk on said table, and a feed pile table having a scalethereon in a definite offset relation with respect tok thelscale on saidtransfer table whereby a sheet ofmaterial lined up marginallyY withthetype while extendingy over the scale on the transfer table indicatesthe. position at which the sheet material should be positioned on the.pile table, the extent of offset of one of said scales with respect tothe other being related to movement of, said side register means.

3. In printing press work setting means, the combination of a transfertable having indicating means thereon, side register means for sideregistering asheet of material on saidl table, and a feed piletablehaving indieating means thereon in a definite offset relation withrespect to the scale on said transfer table whereby a sheet of materiallined up marginally with the type while extending over the indicatingmeans on the transfer table indicates the position at which thesheetmaterial should be positioned on the pile table, the extent ofoffset of one of said indicating means with respect to the other beingequivalent to movement of said side register means.

4. In printing press work setting means, theicombination of a type bed,type carried thereby, a cylinder, a feed table having indicatingmeans, atransfer table to which material is fed from said feed table preparatoryto beingregistered with respect to said cylinder, said transfer tablehaving indicating means with a definite offset relationship with respectto the feed table indicating means whereby a sheet of material lined upmarginally with said type while said sheet extends over said transfertable indicates theV definite position which stock material is to occupyon said stock table.

5. In printing` press work setting means, the combination of a sheettransfer support, and a feed pile support, said transfer support andfeed pile lsupport having relative offset indicating means whereby whena sheet of material is lined up marginally with the typein the printingpress and is in cooperativeassociation with said sheet transfer supportthe position of the stock pile on said feed pile support may beaccurately determined.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 17 th day of April, 1922.

BURT D. sTnvENs.

